I actually took up the paddle because I was doing too much conventional longboarding and the asymmetry of it was making my body complain. I still skate normally too.

Paddling looks pretty asymmetrical to me unless you alternate stance or something. I'll take out my slalom board from time to time and pump it around town, this town is flat enough that I don't usually have to put a foot down. But running takes up most of my cross-training time so I don't skate much anymore.

Just for the record, and relevant to the topic of the thread, cardio has several permutations –or stages if you will– depending on your objectives. And in the last several years, it has been studied intensely. Anyone who seeks advice on the topic is welcome to PM me. Or if there is a whole lot of demand, we can make a whole thread or article devoted to it.

Just for the record, and relevant to the topic of the thread, cardio has several permutations –or stages if you will– depending on your objectives. And in the last several years, it has been studied intensely. Anyone who seeks advice on the topic is welcome to PM me. Or if there is a whole lot of demand, we can make a whole thread or article devoted to it.

Normally my cardio consists of training BJJ and striking 1-3 days per week (as time will allow), doing sets of sprints and indian runs 2-3 days per week, and circuit training in addition to my normal fight training and weight training routine.

Right now though, I am suffering from a horrible back injury and I am a big *****, but instead I do HIIT circuits going for max heart rate on the stationary bike, and I swim after a good workout with weights.

Sprints are the **** though. Nothing feels better, IMO, except actually training. That and hill runs, just long sprints up a steep incline, with short rest periods.

"This is why we are here. Because the Martial Arts for too long have been cloaked in an unnecessary level of secrecy bordering on mysticism, and its in these shadows that the cockroaches love to hide. -Phrost"